Simply text a photo of junk mail and Mel contacts the sender to have you removed from their list – no registration or app required.
I'm based in Europe and nobody uses SMS or iMessage here, so genuine question.
I'm honestly surprised that's not the case everywhere. Do you distinguish SMS and MMS in casual conversation?
This isn’t one size fits all but would start by going to the photo itself and then generate a text
A great post-mortem on Remedy here: https://www.fastcompany.com/40483774/remedy-wanted-to-cut-pe...
I also like the idea of the research assistant. It is a mess trying to figure out how to reduce waste that accumulates without my real consent, from mail, food packaging, single use packaging/plastic tossed into orders despite me saying I don’t want it, hard to recycle e-waste, confusing/changing recycling rules for plastic and even glass some places. However, I also think that this can only be meaningfully improved with policy, not an opt-in, private service. Better than nothing, of course.
Aside from that, I actually have to thank you, because I stopped using it, forgot the name of the company, and forgot what was charging me $4 every month under the label “JET*.”
There are stickers your can use on your mailbox that theoretically protect your from spam but it works maybe in 10% of the cases.
Out of curiosity, I reached a few times to the "senders" telling them that they put spam in my mailbox despite the sticker. All of them were completely taken aback and had no idea about how to react.
I mentioned privacy and whatnot and they all promised to get back to me, never got back and probably cross fingers to have the case closed :)
When we change our address we would link the postal code to the new directory. By having this the companies would not know where we live and we would have a place to select the mail we want.
> Just link your name, home address, and phone number for this random company
Yeah, no thanks.
Edited to clarify for those who may be unfamiliar with the concept of PII.
If this organization registers as a nonprofit, that's one thing. Outside of that, I wouldn't trust such services any further than I could throw a pitch deck claiming to make the world a better place, with your PII.
[0] https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/17/21027159/unroll-me-email...
The art on the homepage and its Stripe checkout pages give me the heebie-jeebies for some reason.
That reason has two names: Dribbble and Behance. That's where all this 'AI' website art and assets come from.
I did have a user sign up from Canada, but it's so much simpler there that it probably doesn't make sense for Canadians to pay for Mel:
1. Fill out the CMA Do Not Mail form: https://cmadnm.cawebhosting.ca/submit.asp
2. Put a note on your mailbox that you don't want to receive Canada Post Neighbourhood Mail.